Abstract:
The New Zealand Geomagnetic Database documents the short-term and long-term fluctuations in the Earth's regional (New Zealand) magnetic field, including induction and diurnal effects.

The database consists of three interrelated components: observatory records, three- component repeat station observations, and three-component single observations.

... New Zealand operates observatories in Canterbury and Antarctica (Scott Base). Observatories provide a record of temporal changes of the magnetic field, recorded at the rate of three-component vector readings per minute per observatory.

Three-component repeat station observations are made at a number of sites in New Zealand at three-yearly intervals and at sites on Subantarctic and South Pacific islands as the opportunity arises. Three-component single observations are from surveys over the oceans surrounding New Zealand by the Project MAGNET aircraft.

For access to the database, please contact the database manager Tony Hurst at T.Hurst@gns.cri.nz.

[Summary provided by the Institute of Geologic and Nuclear Science.]

Geographic Coverage

Spatial coordinates

N: -33.89

S: -47.31

E: 179.41

W: 166.05

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator:
New Zealand Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences

Dataset Title:
New Zealand Geomagnetic Database

Dataset Publisher:
New Zealand Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences